Wednesday, 27 March 2013

This is an activity for you to explore current issues using social media.

Do Now is a weekly activity for you to engage and respond to current issues using social media tools like Twitter.

KQED aims to introduce 21st Century skills and add value to learning through the integration of relevant local content and new media tools and technologies. Do Now gives you a chance to practise civic engagement and digital citizenship skills while you explore ways to connect topics in your classes to the present day.

Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Apple salad.
Ingredients: 1 Lettuce, 2 pippin apples, 1 egg, 1 tomato, some cheese, some walnuts, 2 onions and a vinagrette sauce made with 4 tablespoons of olive oil, the juice of one lemon and some salt.

Put the lettuce into a bowl, chop the onions, slice the tomato and mix them. Put in the sliced apples. Add the walnuts and a diced boiled egg. You can also add cheese. To make the vinagrette put some oil into a bowl, squeeze the lemon juice and add it to the oil. Add some salt and stir it. Finally dress the salad with the vinagrette.

Put the chicken on a tray with the chopped onions and salt it. Add some oil and the juice of a lemon over it. Put it into the oven and roast it for an hour at 180 C degrees. Serve it decorated with some slices of lemon and some chopped onion.

Add the flour, the eggs, the oil, and the sugar and knead them until the ingredients are well combined to make a dough. Put the dough on a baking tray and cover it with the sliced apples. Decorate it with some dough stripes onto the apples. Put it into the oven. 30 minutes at 200 C degrees.

Our work with The Joy Luck Club for the collaborative project called El Barco del Exilio has been chosen to be part of the educational Digg by CITA (Centro del Conocimiento de Tecnologías Aplicadas a la Educación) as a resource that uses ICT in Education.

I just wanted to thank @carmeniglesiasb for her kindness and congratulate you all for your deserved mention, your effort and your awesome work!

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Monday, 4 March 2013

This is a presentation about Melinda Gates, Bill Gates wife, and her speech about what non profit organizations have to learn from Coca Cola. "As co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda French Gates helps shape and approve foundation strategies, review results, advocate for foundation issues and set the overall direction of the organization" (Source: TED)

By Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club tells the story of four Chinese mothers and their first generation Chinese-American daughters, living in San Francisco, Califormia; two generations in a continuous fight to come to terms with their cultural identity.

These immigrant families start a club known as 'The Joy Luck Club', and they play a Chinese game called mahjong while they feast on a range of foods.

The book is structured in four parts, divided into four sections to create sixteen chapters. The three mothers and their four daughters (one mother dies before the novel opens) share stories about their lives.

Later on, after being a best seller, it was made into a film directed by Wayne Wang.

Watch an interview with the director:

Now, watch a scene from the film, where Waverly introduces her American boyfriend to her parents:

Now, discuss:

Do you know any second generation immigrants to any country?

In your opinion, what are the main snags immigrants have to face when leaving their own countires of origin?

Is the current world the perfect melting pot? Why/Why not?

Would you move abroad in search of a better life? If so, where?

What cultural differences would you find most shocking?

What cultural differences would immigrants coming to your country find most surprising?

Then, use all the information you have gathered both from the podcast and from the article and share it when discussing about the topic below:

Our Viewpoints: Gaming's Impacts.

Finally, write a reportabout this theme. Do not forget to use all the knowledge gained all throughout the various tasks you have been tackling. Remember the layout, the organization and the purpose of your text.